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Local politician launches petition to give RCMP auxiliary officers a tax break

VERNON - A Vernon city councillor is petitioning the federal government to get a tax credit for auxiliary police officers. The petition is posted on the Parliament of Canada website, and calls upon the government to extend the same credit to auxiliary constables — unarmed, unpaid, uniformed RCMP volunteers — as it does to certain...

Quadriplegic man fighting Kelowna city hall for right to park in his own yard

KELOWNA – A Kelowna family wants to be able to park their wheel chair accessible van in their front yard but the City of Kelowna insists they need to apply for a costly bylaw variance to do so. A petition has been started in an effort to “eliminate” the need for a variance to allow...